Car is overheating. Steam. From heater control valve hose.

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10-06-13, 01:45 AM

Monster133

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Car is overheating. Steam. From heater control valve hose.

My car has been overheating and when i pull over steam is coming from behind the engine. I imagine the hose to the heater control valve has a crack. ive removed the hose but now i dont know how to put a new one on. its really tight back there.

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10-06-13, 01:48 AM

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no coolant smell from engine either.
im just suspecting its the hose back there.
the radiator is empty when it overheats.

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10-06-13, 02:37 PM

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Did you ever see were it was leaking from???

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10-06-13, 11:19 PM

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Yea that hose in the back is a common replacement on these high mileage 2jzge engines. Not sure how hard it is to reach as I had the shop replace mine with a gates branded hose, but the turnaround seemed pretty fast. Try searching the 1SC forum as I remember there was some discussion about it.